Where does “äkkijarrutus” come from?

äkkijarrutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish jarrutus, from Finnish jarruttaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

äkkijarrutus (Finnish): sudden braking, sudden deceleration

Definitions

  1. sudden braking, sudden deceleration

Ancestry of “äkkijarrutus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjarrutusbraking; filibuster, filibustering
2Finnishjarruttaato brake; to filibuster
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak
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